I was offered to play the role of a critic. A certain exalted lady who has a "highly artistic opinion" about everything. And since the program is fun and humorous, we just laugh at the shortcomings of this or that profession. I have known Nonna Grishaeva, Stas Duzhnikov, also participating in the program, for a long time. We rarely crossed paths with Nikolai Baskov, but I know that he is a broad-minded person.

Do you miss your Zhanna Arkadyevna from "My Fair Nanny"?

I don’t miss, we are friends with her. It happens that when I go on tour in Russia, I am greeted as a television heroine. Compliments. And I answer: "I will give everything to Zhanna Arkadyevna." But, going on stage, I try to win over the viewer as a completely different character. I am glad if I succeed. I will not hide, after Zhanna Arkadyevna, I have much more invitations to roles.

I know that on New Year's holidays you first started snowboarding. And what are the results?

I am not a beginner. I tried snowboarding two years ago. But without an instructor. And on these holidays - everything is as it should be. I learned again and correctly with the instructor. It wasn't hard. I have skiing experience. I rode at the Rosa Khutor resort, crazy a nice place... And the most beautiful tracks, new lifts, cleanliness. Plus cafes, restaurants, evening entertainment.

What is your favorite holiday to celebrate?

Birthdays. Son, sister, niece, mother. We get together with the whole family. My birthday is in the summer. We set a light table. Definitely on the street. We make kebabs, I make salads. Since I travel a lot, I have the opportunity to spy on curious recipes. Not necessarily from exotic and wildly expensive products. Rather, I appreciate the unusual combinations. For example, a salad of smoked chicken, Chinese cabbage and canned pineapple.

Photo personal archive of Olga Prokofieva

Did you want to participate in the show "Just the same"?

They were invited there. But I consider myself unworthy to participate in it. The show is primarily vocal. Yes, I sing, and many directors in performances offer me musical numbers. I do them, but as a dramatic actress. I would be glad to be invited to the jury, but again, it is not the vocal data that will be evaluated, but the actor's performance.

Do you enjoy playing comedic roles?

All roles are loved. This season, at my native Mayakovsky Theater, I had a premiere - Leonid Kheifetz's play All My Sons by Arthur Miller. In it I have a dramatic role, even closer to a tragic one. After such a performance, I want to play something light, groovy, funny. When the audience laughs, that's great too.

Olga, you often go on tour in different cities. What was the most extraordinary thing that you brought from the tour?

Was in your area at the Trans-Baikal Film Festival. And the organizers themselves donate significant things. Excellent honey from apiaries, pine nuts, nut tinctures. I found a way to bring the tincture, despite the fact that I had only carry-on luggage. And, of course, stones. I would even say that this is my hobby - to bring stones charged with the energy of that land. Not necessarily for yourself, more often for souvenirs.

Photo personal archive of Olga Prokofieva

You are a beautiful woman. Did you worry about your appearance as a teenager, or did you always see your dignity in yourself?

I didn't consider myself an ugly duckling, although, of course, there were girls who were prettier than me. Well, for example, I took the time to curl my hair, and some people had it wavy by nature. Well, the figure, thank God and parents, she was. And I always say: “The next thing is to preserve”. With age, you need to pay more attention to yourself. Be sure to do at least some kind of sports. Don't go to the gym? Buy a bike, swim in the pool. And my diet is the most difficult and cheapest: eat less. All you need to do is cut the portion slightly. And not to have supper at nine in the evening, but at least an hour earlier.

What's the first phrase you say to yourself in the morning?

My bedroom has a large window. When I wake up, I look into it. I have such a fad - if the sun, then the day will be successful. Sometimes I make fun of myself and say a phrase from the play by Grigory Gorin: “Get up, count! Great things await you. "

What are the three most important qualities that a real man should have?

The mind comes first. And then - a sense of humor and generosity.

Do you feel sorry for overpaying for brands or is the brand of clothing not important to you?

I don't recognize brands, but the people behind them. I know personally and am friends with many Russian designers. These are Elena Shipilova and Sergey Sysoev. To come up with a color, size of buttons or a new cut of the collar means that people can stay up at night to make it exclusive and beautiful. Not chasing tags, but admiring talent. And I buy designer clothes. But I also need a comfortable one. I go on tour a lot. And without sweaters, jeans and ugg - also nowhere.

"Zhanna Arkadyevna, you are so nervous, and I adore you!" - With such an exclamation, her admirer once threw herself into the arms of the Honored Artist of Russia Olga Prokofieva. Although in the sitcom "My Fair Nanny" the actress played the bitchy careerist Zhanna Arkadyevna - they love her heroine very much! And the Mayakovsky Theater, where Prokofiev has been playing for more than twenty years, is now constantly visited by fans of the series. They already know for sure that in life Olga Prokofieva is the complete opposite of her popular heroine. Sweetheart, sincere and tactful. She refuses to discuss her personal life. But he is happy to talk about his son, the theater and new projects.

Blitz survey

Are you friends with the Internet?
Yes.

What is an unaffordable luxury for you?
Rest twice a year!

What animal do you associate yourself with?
I look like a fox.

Did you have a nickname as a child?
It was. Zebra.

What is your psychological age?
84 in the morning, 37 in the afternoon, 17 in the evening.

What turns you on?
In men - humor, charm.

Are you an owl or a lark?
Owl squared!

Do you have a talisman?
Several. For example, if I act in films, I always take a piece of my plate with me.

How do you relieve stress?
Work!

Where did you last vacation?
In Greece.

Olga Prokofieva, you can hardly be found in Moscow now. So many tours, filming?

I have a big and stable job now. This is a twelve-part feature film. You could say a mystical-historical detective story. I play the main role, and therefore I have a lot of filming days. And all of them are not in Moscow. We shoot in Belarus, in the wonderful city of Grodno. It is very beautiful there and has all the necessary surroundings: a river, lakes, swamp, river ... So you have to go there all the time.

Do you have a dramatic role in this project?

Yes, perhaps so. My heroine's name is Varvara Andreevna. She is a writer and a very strong personality. She writes fairly light romance novels and thrillers, but she is also an employee of a certain Interpol department that works with some strange phenomena on the planet. I don't want to retell the whole plot now. I will only say that there will be such an interesting historical insert. When Napoleon retreated from Moscow, much of his treasure wagon was lost. Just somewhere in Belarus. Until now, this gold does not give people peace, everyone is digging, looking ... Someone finds, but then all sorts of strange things happen to these people.

Intrigued! When does this film start?

Well, this is a long process. Now filming, then editing, voice acting, so I don't think that viewers will see this film before the fall of 2008.

Olga Prokofieva, you just said that your film is a bit mystical. Do you tend to believe in some kind of omens?

I am a superstitious person, I believe in some omens, but this has nothing to do with mysticism.

I do not like a black cat when it runs and sniffs somewhere under my feet. She somehow stops me all the time. Before the premiere, my head is not mine for a day, so that everything will turn out well. Some of these absolutely ridiculous things. I don’t gnaw sunflower seeds in the theater, I don’t knit socks. I really don't eat seeds at all. Signs are nothing, some kind of pranks. In some I believe, in others - not very much. And as far as mysticism is concerned, no, I do not let you near me. No thoughts, no reasoning. I can read literature, but it is imperative to just get some information, and not let it into my life. Yes, a lot of this is interesting to me, but I try not to dive into it, because it is very addictive, and if you start to believe in something, you get into a kind of addiction. Therefore, I try to keep a certain ring around me from all this.

You became known to most of the viewers thanks to Zhanna Arkadyevna. Before this role, did you play in the movies?

Yes, I worked in the cinema. I had small roles with very good directors. Allochka Surikova, Abdurashitov, but these were episodic roles. Well, the series is another matter. One hundred and forty episodes! Every day on TV. Who does not even watch, but, simply switching channels, stumbles upon my "Beautiful Nanny".

Olga Prokofieva, the series "The Beautiful Nanny" has brought you insane popularity. After that, you began to understand why famous Hollywood actors wear half-face caps and glasses?

Yes. Now I understand that. The series is still being played. Therefore, we are recognizable faces.

It's good to be popular, but that's how to say, you can eat a spoonful of honey, half a glass, but not a three-liter jar. I mean that the attention is excessive.

There is a certain impudence of the audience. You can sit somewhere to eat, and strangers come up to you, sit down, slap on the shoulder, ask for autographs, take pictures on the phone ... And all these paparazzi who follow life famous people? Therefore, you have to go a little bit somewhere calmly and so that you are not clicked on the street, put on dark glasses like Hollywood stars. This is not because I'm tired of everything, but just not enough attention. After all, the actor may be tired after work, or he just ran out for bread, for this it is not necessary to paint his eyes, to do his hair. But then they recognize you and say: "Oh, children, come here, we will take pictures!" And children are sacred, I cannot refuse them ...

Yes, you seem to be sensitive to children. Are you a strict mom?

I'm different. Since I sometimes think that I don’t give something to my son, because I’m always at work, terribly busy, something starts to gnaw at me from the inside. Like, I'm not a real mom. But I know that wherever I am, I always know where my son is, what he does, whether he is fed. My mother adores and loves me and my sister very much, therefore, it seems to me, I learned this.

Olga Prokofieva, are you proud of your son?

You know I hardly go to parenting meetings because they take place at seven o'clock in the evening - during my very working hours. Since I practically do not have free evenings: either I am not in Moscow, or I work in the theater, I don’t get to them. It was lucky that Sasha always had good class teachers who know and understand all this. We either call, or they send me SMS-ki, and I am aware of all school problems. Sasha missed something, a problem in the subject, or some kind of event for which you need to hand over money. I always know about it in time.

Is there such a thing that you will not allow your son?

Yes. He has no lawlessness in any dreams.

Because, for example, Sasha had been asking me for a laptop for four years already, and I thought it was too early for him. So the laptop was only bought this summer, when my son passed his ninth grade exams. We do not have such that Sasha asks for something and immediately receives it. Well, sometimes he stutters about a moped. I also think that while for his age it is unsafe - somewhere to dissect on a scooter. So I'm not buying it yet.

Olga Prokofieva, many famous women they say that the secret of their youth and beauty is at least eight hours of sleep. Do you think so too?

Of course, sleep restores, relaxes, gives strength ... I need nine hours to get enough sleep. If I sleep for five or six hours, I need a lot of effort to make it through the day. So, of course, I shove myself into bed early if possible. Or somewhere else I do it for another hour. If there is an opportunity to lie down somewhere and fall asleep for twenty minutes, this gives me strength for the afternoon. It doesn't always work, but it works.

And then if everything is going well and things are going well, then the situation itself pleases. This is a working rhythm.

You go to the shooting - you manage to sleep five hours. Then you go by car and sleep for another three hours. So, you have to force yourself to sleep for another hour. Sometimes you force me to have strength, to have energy. Sometimes you don't get enough sleep, but I don't like to murmur. This is my profession, and I myself chose it, I myself chose such a work schedule for myself. It's not the schedule that chooses me. I filled it myself with all this. Itself put crosses, ticks, hooks. So, Olya, jump, jump, come on!

What's more important to you: looking good or cooking well?

For performers, looking good is part of the profession. Other women decide for themselves: this week I will not take care of myself, but next week I will be especially beautiful. It depends on her mood. And we are a little hostages. We must look great, we are public people, we must be in shape. What is more pleasant: looking at an actress who is well-built, or at one who, forgive me, has a belly hanging or something like that? Well, there are complete artists whose appearance reflects the essence, character, but we will not talk about them. In general, public people need to put a lot of effort and time to look good.

Olga Prokofieva, any model can envy your figure. Share the secret of how you manage to stay so slim?

An ingenious recipe was given by Maya Plesetskaya: "If you want to lose weight, don't sit there!" This advice suits me. I don't really go on diets, but I always eat very little.

In the morning I like to eat bread, I can make myself baked toasts with cheese. I can make a delicious roll with dairy products. But neither day nor evening I already do not allow myself bread. Dinner ... I have such mobile performances: I have to move a lot, dance ... I can leave a kilogram or one and a half on the stage for one performance. So I always have dinner, but lightly. Obviously, I don't eat fried potatoes. I can boil myself shrimp, make a salad.

It is clear that with such busyness as yours, there may not be time left for cooking ...

I cook, I'll tell you honestly. Because I'm a mom. It happens from three types I twist the cutlets and put them in the freezer. Because I often go on tour, and my son Sasha will be able to fry them. Basically, I cook for him, for myself - practically not.

Olga Prokofieva, what gifts do you like to receive?

I love different people ... Now thanks to the project "My Fair Nanny" I have a lot of all kinds of friends and admirers. They are very creative! They compose me all sorts of clips from my theatrical works, voice them. One girl gave me such a wonderful puzzle. They took my photo and made 150 pieces out of it. So now I can collect myself. I say, well, if I live to be old, I will have something to do. And they can also decorate a plate with a frame from a film, write poems or make a calendar for a whole year with my photographs, from some magazines. These are the original gifts, and they are very dear to me, I like them. And as for loved ones, they try to give something necessary, well, this is not necessarily some kind of household appliances, because this is not a particularly feminine gift. They try to give, for example, some good perfume.

Olga Prokofieva is a brilliant actress whom any Russian TV viewer knows by sight as Zhanna Arkadyevna from the popular TV series My Fair Nanny. After participating in the sitcom, the artist received offers to play in a similar role for a long time, but Olga tactfully refused the directors.

The actress considers herself primarily a theater performer. For more than 30 years she has been devoted to one metropolitan collective - the theater. ...

Childhood and youth

Olga Evgenievna Prokofieva was born in the town of Odintsovo near Moscow. The girl turned out to have an interesting pedigree. As the actress herself later said in an interview, her father's ancestors served as priests, and on the maternal side were landowners and horse breeders. However, family happiness is with parents future star the scene did not work out. Olga and her older sister Larisa were raised by their mother Sofya Prokhorovna without a father.

There were few entertainments for children in the provincial town, so little Olya took the cultural program into her own hands. She wrapped herself in a pillowcase, wrapped a curtain on top, stood on the tips of shoes with stiff soles and portrayed a ballerina. A lively, spontaneous girl, having barely learned to walk, dreamed one day to go on the stage of the theater.

Having hardly waited for the last call, yesterday's schoolgirl rushed to take the entrance exams to the theater and failed them. But then Olga vowed to certainly enter the acting department in a year. In order not to sit at home in vain, Prokofieva went to work, choosing a profession that was unexpected for a girl who had dreamed of becoming an actress all her life - an accountant on a local TV channel. But, while working on television, the future actress did not stop preparing for exams, and all her relatives, friends, acquaintances and even acquaintances of acquaintances knew about it.

Once a friend of her mother, who worked as a road inspector, stopped the violator and in a conversation with him found out that he was studying at GITIS. Remembering Olya's cherished dream, the inspector offered the driver a deal: he does not take away his license, but as gratitude, he prepares his girlfriend's daughter for exams. The violator agreed and faithfully fulfilled his promise. It was the future media mogul and founder of the NTV television channel, and then a 4th year student of the directing department, Vladimir Gusinsky.

Gusinsky diligently taught Prokofiev everything he knew himself, but she still failed the entrance exam. Prokofiev's entrant tried her best, but she initially did not have a chance, because she did not like the selection committee outwardly.

After the exam, the same teacher, who was the first to speak out against Olga's admission to the acting department, saw the genuine grief of the girl who had just broken her life's dream, and advised her to try her hand at directing. The applicant wiped away her tears and went to study at the course of the famous Soviet theater director.

Olga Prokofieva graduated from GITIS with honors, delighting all the teachers with her diploma production of the play "Tomorrow was the war", where she brilliantly played a teacher twice her age.

The talented graduate began to vie with each other to invite 2 of her former teachers. Andrey Goncharov invited him to the Mayakovsky Theater, and to Lenkom. The choice was not easy, but Olga decided not to be separated from her classmates, who almost all went to Goncharov.

Theatre

At the Moscow Academic Theater. Mayakovsky Olga Prokofieva has been on stage for almost 30 years. In her youth, she played Mei in Tennessee Williams' play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Rosalina in The Plague on Both Your Houses, Lydia Varavka in a production based on the novel The Life of Klim Samgin and others.

For creating the image of Maria Moskaleva in the play "Uncle's Dream", the actress received one of the most prestigious theater awards "Crystal Turandot".

Now you can enjoy the acting performance of Olga Prokofieva by buying a ticket for the production of "Children spoil relations", where she embodies the image of Polina, or for "Banquet", where she is Mariet Livier. "Uncle's Dream" is still on in Mayakovka, and the artist still plays Maria Moskaleva in it.

In 2016, the performances "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" and "All My Sons" were released with the participation of the actress. A year later, Prokofieva was already delighting fans with her performance in the play "Pygmalion".

Films

Olga Prokofieva made her film debut, having already established herself as a serious theatrical actress. invited her to the psychological melodrama "The Humiliated and the Insulted". The role of Prokofieva was episodic. But she was lucky to get into the frame with such stars as Anastasia Vyazemskaya, and they had a lot to learn.

The characteristic actress has not yet developed a relationship with a serious full-length movie, but she was vying with each other to be invited to appear in TV series. Olga Prokofieva brought national fame to "", where she played with, and even shared one dressing room with.

The acting quartet worked together so well that after Nanny the actors played together in the adventurous vaudeville Shakespeare never dreamed of.

Later, the filmography of the artist was decorated with the projects "Adjutants of Love", "League of Deceived Wives", "Abnormal", in which Olga managed to move away from the image of a bitchy lady. Also Prokofieva played in the melodrama "The Time of Happiness" and the detective story "I Come Out to Look for You".

In the late 2000s, she appeared in the rating sitcoms "Krysha" and "Angelica", and also played the main role in the Russian-Belarusian TV series "Margo. Fiery cross. " In the last film, Olga's heroine is an employee of the Russian Interpol, who manages to unravel the mystery of the magic tablets and prevent a catastrophe.

In 2013, with the participation of Olga, the comedy "Three in Komi" was released, where the actress became partners.

And 2 years later, the artist appeared in the film "Between Notes, or Tantric Symphony". The last works in the creative biography of Prokofieva include a supporting role in the comedy "Love and Sachs", where and shone in the foreground.

Personal life

The friendship of the applicant Prokofieva with the tutor Gusinsky did not result in anything serious. Then Olga was too keen on the dream of becoming an actress. The novel began only when the girl graduated from GITIS. The future media mogul left the family for her sake. He showered his beloved with flowers and even bought her an expensive car, persuading her to marry him, but Olga did not dare. After living together for 4 years, they broke up.

The reason for breaking up with Gusinsky was Prokofieva's colleague, actor Yuri Sokolov. They played lovers on the stage of Mayakovka in the play Tomorrow Was the War.

The gallant handsome man took the fortress by storm, which turned out to be impregnable for the future media mogul. Olga was not even embarrassed by the fact that her new lover already had 2 ex-wives and one daughter. She left Gusinsky and almost immediately married Sokolov. 4 years later, Olga gave birth to Yuri's son Alexander, and after 12 years of marriage, the couple divorced.

Yuri left like a man, leaving his ex-wife and son an apartment in Moscow on Vernadsky Avenue. But then he got married for the fourth time, having adopted the child of the young wife from his first marriage, they had two more children, and the issue of living space became an edge. Ex-husband demanded that Prokofieva return the apartment, and when she refused, he went to court.

The lawsuit continues to this day.

Now the actress is not officially married, but when asked about her personal life, she replies with a smile that she is doing well. According to Olga, she prefers the European model of relationships, when a woman finds happiness not in marriage, but with loved ones. Rare photos of her relatives also end up on Prokofieva's Instagram page, which is entirely devoted to her creative activity.

On stage and in the frame, Olga always looks elegant and young. Viewers note a special flexibility that the actress has not lost over the years. With a height of 168 cm, its weight does not exceed 55 kg. The artist herself assures that in order to maintain her figure she resorts to various diets, since in fact she is inclined to be overweight. The performer does not eat after 4 pm and does exercises every morning. She tries to spend weekends outside the city, where her family has a large personal plot.

Olga Prokofieva now

2018 brought the actress a role in the comedy “Girls Between Us. Continuation". This is a series beloved by many viewers, in which the main characters were presented, and. Three generations of women of the same family, each endowed with leadership qualities, are trying to get along under one roof.

Olga Prokofieva in the show "Save me, I can't cook" in 2019

In January 2019, the actress became a guest of the culinary show "Save me, I can't cook." On the air of the program Olga Prokofieva prepared 2 dishes - lean cabbage soup with sauerkraut and mushrooms, as well as champignons stuffed with salmon in a creamy sauce.

Filmography

• 1991 - Humiliated and Insulted
• 1995 - "Moscow Holidays"
• 2004 - Children of the Arbat
• 2004 - 2008 - "My Fair Nanny"
• 2005 - Adjutants of Love
• 2006 - "Abnormal"
• 2007 - "Shakespeare never dreamed of"
• 2009 - “Margot. Fiery cross "
• 2013 - "Three in Komi"
• 2015 - "I'm going to get married urgently"
• 2018 - "Love and Sachs"
• 2018 - "The first guy in the village"
• 2018 - “There are girls between us. Continuation"

Some are sure that Zhanna Arkadyevna from the TV series "My Fair Nanny" she "made" herself everyday. In fact, in life, the actress Olga Prokofieva is completely different - unlike her heroine, she does not like diets and does not seek to conquer men ... Although she also follows the figure and even considers losing weight as a remedy for many diseases.

- Olga, looking at you, it's hard to believe that once this slender woman had problems with overweight…
- Were. At the institute. True, I was still quite young, 18 years old. And the reason is improper diet... Our classes ran from 9.30 am to 11 pm, with practically no breaks. First, general education disciplines, and then directors were freed from theatrical rehearsals and came to us. And a long creative process began. But I wanted to eat ... I remember a bakery on Herzen Street (now Bolshaya Nikitskaya). Everyone just rushed in there to swallow anything. I bought a huge briquette of halva, ate it right away - I was very hungry! - and rushed to study further. When I came after college, my mother was always waiting for me at home with a lovingly fried chicken ... Of course, I could not resist, frantically ate and flopped to sleep, got up in the morning and ran without breakfast immediately to the train, and so every day.

- Probably, the result of such a "diet" was not long in coming?
- I didn’t even notice how much I recovered. Once we were working out in the pool, got on the scales and saw ... 62 kg. It was terrible for me! In addition, in women, the weight is rarely evenly distributed: someone from below, someone from above, their cheeks swell ... and their eyes turn into such funny slits.

- Moreover, actors, unlike people of many other professions, are absolutely contraindicated to get better!
- We had a teacher Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov, who noticed such things very well. Once he said to my classmate: "You have the role of a heroine, and you still take care of yourself! If you are getting better, wear at least heels!" He could very painfully put pressure on his pride, and it worked. Besides a slim body really part of the profession. You need to be in shape - just as you need to learn the text, know the mise-en-scène.

- But what about, for example, Natalya Krachkovskaya?
- She is an exclusive actress, there are few such.

BEING COMPLETE IS HARD WORK

- But it happens: a person eats whatever he wants and does not get fat.
- It happens. I myself am often told: "You're lucky, you're not getting better, you have such a constitution!" To this I answer: "No, my dears! Look at my mother, who, due to excess weight and large physical activity I have earned myself problems with legs, joint diseases ... "So I also have to limit myself, and I advise all women who are closer to forty, to monitor their weight, to lose weight. Not even with the aim of being liked by someone, but in order to to make it easier for the legs and in general to feel good!

- That is, losing weight is, in fact, a panacea for all diseases?
- From many - for sure. This is especially true for women. The main thing for us is to get enough sleep and eat less. It's no secret that every woman has her own weight, in which she is comfortable and she feels feminine. And if she gets fat, then you have to constantly control yourself - for example, put your hands on your stomach so that you can't see how it sticks out, or don't forget to unfasten the button when you sit. Or buy special slimming underwear ... It's all such hard work! One of the satirists said that a woman first spends a lot of money on groceries - to fill the refrigerator, and then - even more money to buy weight loss drugs.

IS OR NOT?

- Zhanna Arkadyevna cares about the figure?
- Oh sure. There are episodes in which she is on a diet, does not allow herself for something, limits herself in some way, etc. In this regard, she has many problems ... For example, she once said: "Oh my God ! I quit smoking! I want to eat more! .. "In general, she is a woman taking care of herself, possessing remarkable willpower.

- And how does the actress Olga Prokofieva relate to diets?
- A synonym for the word "diet" - restriction, refusal of something very beloved. And since there are not so many joys in our life now - either we have forgotten how to rejoice, or really a lot of negative information falls on our heads - we are looking for something that would give us pleasure.

- That's why we eat too much ...
- Indeed, for most women, food is a joy. Many foods that contain carbohydrates help in the production of "joy hormones." So, sitting on a carbohydrate-free diet, along with the extra pounds, you can lose all your optimism, become nervous, angry, irritable. Therefore, I do not like diets, I prefer to simply limit myself in quantity.

- Allow yourself to eat at night?
- Yes, I do. Because I am an actress, I have a specific job and very dynamic performances in the evening. I checked it on the scales: in one performance I lose about one and a half kilograms. I also burn a lot of calories by running up and down stairs throughout the day. Therefore, if I’m very hungry, I can come in the evening and eat something not very high in calories.

- But what about a variety of chocolate cakes? Do you like sweets?
- Not now. Earlier, in times of general shortage, when cakes had to be "caught" in a bakery, I even learned how to make one cake from boiled condensed milk, butter, biscuits and chocolate. Extraordinary taste! But at some point I realized that all this needs to be tied, because excess weight was not long in coming. And then I ... forced myself to stop loving all the "dysfunctional" products, first of all - pasta and potatoes. And sweet, of course.

DOES AT HOME

- Olga, admit it, do you like to cook?
- It's not difficult for me, but I do not feel pleasure from it. There is probably no talent. But since I'm a mom, I cook. How often? I don’t know, this is a relative term. Of course, I always cook for my child. I feed myself on the set, and we have a wonderful buffet in the theater.

- Do you and Sasha have different tastes?
- Now they are completely different. I AM recent times became absolutely "fishy", and he is a meat man - probably because a boy. So I fry his chops, he is more indifferent to soups.

- Your son is already 13 years old. But you probably remember how much you gained weight during pregnancy?
- No, not much - by 6-7 kilograms. Probably, these are the characteristics of my body.

- Easily then regained shape?
- I didn't even think about it! During childbirth, the doctors brought me an infection, and blood poisoning began. Then I was continuously injected for a month, I was operated on again, so the question was about life, not about the figure.

- And now, when the question of the figure still stands, what is included in your daily diet?
- I really love seafood, I do not perceive meat at all. Garnish - only vegetable. I love low-fat cottage cheese and kefir. I love ice cream - there is always a white sundae in my fridge.

FITNESS AS AN ELEMENT

- Do you do anything specifically to stay slim?
- You know, I just don't eat much. On the set, when they bring lunch, I always take fish with buckwheat - which is much more useful. I will gladly eat fresh salads, cabbage or carrots with cucumber. And all my performances are very emotional and dynamic: jumping, dancing - such is the charge.

- Do you do sports?
- You know how it happens - a shoemaker without boots. So am I. Right next to my house, on Tulskaya, there is a Palace water sports... Somehow I honestly went, bought a subscription for a month ... In this subscription I have - not a single visit. The time is specified there: let's say Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from 10 to 14. And I never get to this time, although, probably, you can come up and agree. Or you can't ... well, I don't get there.

- So you don't really strive for fitness?
- All my fitness is spontaneous. When on tour we are offered to go to the pool, sauna - I always agree, even if I am very tired. After all, there is no need to rush home, put Sasha to bed ... in the sense, tear him away from the computer.

- Do you remember the story of Charlize Theron when she gained 20 kg for the role. Would you agree to that?
- You know, this is such a question ... Because the roles are different. Sometimes, for example, they offer a low-budget movie, but you read it and just fall in love with the script, with the heroine. If, for example, they call me to voice cartoons, I agree to do it for free, because I love it. If I read a script in which the heroine is gaining 20 kg, but the kinks and twists of her fate are incredibly interesting to me - that's it, consciousness simply doesn't turn on here, you fall in love with the role, and ...

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I love making herring under a fur coat. It's quick and easy: you cook vegetables - potatoes, beets, carrots. You can do it the day before. The most laborious thing is to clean it all. Then we quickly throw it into a food processor, no grater is needed. We buy herring already peeled, without bones. And the onion must be cut by hand. The main thing is to lay it out in layers. The first layer of potatoes, a little onion on it, then herring, beets with carrots, pour all this with mayonnaise directly from the cut bag, and repeat everything again. Because when there are two layers, it tastes much better. By the way, some do not put potatoes, but without it, the "fur coat" does not come out at all! I have such a huge dish, and then Sasha always paints it with mayonnaise patterns.

MY BEAUTIFUL ... JANNA

- How do you take care of your face, because makeup makes your skin look old?
- Yes, his face is very tired of him, it's true. Therefore, I try to arrange "fasting days" for him, when you can stay at home, and accordingly, do not use makeup. I make masks with a lifting effect, I use a moisturizing cream.

The very word "diet" has always frightened me away. I just prefer to eat less.

- Do you prefer a particular brand?
- When it comes to skin care products, I don't have any preferences. I love to change everything. Only domestic factory-made creams are not very suitable for me, they are somehow "cramped" in them, the skin still tightens under them.

- Do you like to experiment?
- Yes! For this I go to one beauty salon, there they sell a lot of all sorts of masks in bags, it seems Japanese. I take it, apply it. The most important thing is that I always believe that this tool will suit me. I advise all women to enchant a little over their face, applying a mask: "My God, how good, tomorrow it will be so beautiful!"

- What do you like to dress in?
- I prefer a feminine style, clothes with a twist - brooches, scarves, sometimes bows. Although in some cases I can give preference to something else. For example, I like jeans with holes ... But still, at my age you can't have fifteen of them - allow yourself one funny hole. To avoid brute force.

- Does it matter to you whether this is a designer thing or bought in the next passage because you liked it?
- Of course, I don’t buy clothes in the crossing. But there is no such thing that I will go straight out of my mind and buy "this" only from Laurent or from someone else. Thank goodness there is no dependence on labels. I buy what I like.

It is always useful for a woman to conjure a little, to bewitch - this is an inner help to herself!

- Are you consulting with Zhanna Arkadyevna?
- Yes, because my heroine from the very beginning declared herself to be such a fashionista, she wanted to appear in a new outfit every time, to constantly change clothes.

- Judging by the series, she is a very temperamental person. It seems that she knows absolutely everything about the stronger sex. Probably, you also know how to correctly conquer a man?
- To be honest, I'm not a conqueror ... They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Indeed, it has long been noted that a man's character becomes better when he eats. It is not for nothing that this scheme was invented ... Probably, in this regard, I am not a very wise person. Perhaps this is my big puncture, but I never had to conquer a man in this way ...

Interviewed by Tatiana KHAZANOVA

It's easy enough to keep yourself in constant shape when you don't have a tendency to be overweight. It is enough just to be on fresh air, visit the gym and the pool, regularly use the services of a massage therapist. Lead a healthy and active lifestyle.

But this is not enough for people inclined to be overweight. They need to constantly monitor their diet. It is quite often enough to get on the scales and not take food after 18-00. Remember the drinking regimen and low-calorie foods... Such people just need to switch to separate meals and enrich their menu with raw vegetables and fruits.

Olga Prokofieva belongs to such people. Since she is a very popular person, sometimes she even has to adhere to a very strict diet.

The screen star sat on the same water for a whole week and went through the bowel cleansing procedure every day. This helped her to reduce her weight to eight kilograms. But this result disappeared very quickly. And for a short time those eight kilograms returned back. Therefore, Olga believes that strict diets are useless. Since they only exhaust and exhaust the body.

But one diet is not only pleasant to Prokofieva. She helps to get over short term nice results.

For four days, you can eat the specified list of products in any quantity without all kinds of seasonings and salt. The taste, of course, will not please you very much. But the result is worth it. Drink at least two liters of water.

The first day Olga eats boiled rice and drinks it with apple juice. On the second day, he allows himself low-fat cottage cheese with kefir. On the third day, you can already pamper yourself with boiled chicken and fresh pineapple. We celebrate the fourth day with red or white wine, and have a snack with hard cheese.

When seductive thoughts about high-calorie foods appear, Prokofieva recommends at this moment to approach a large mirror and, completely undressed, examine yourself skeptically at full height. This procedure quickly drives away all cravings for excesses in food.

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Nutritionist Elena Voronkova recommends systematically arranging fasting days for your body. To do this, it is enough to stock up on raw and baked apples. On this day, in addition to unloading, the body will receive minerals and fiber. Not only the body will lose weight, but the blood vessels will also be cleansed, edema will subside and naturally the intestines will be cleansed. Plus, indulge yourself in nuts and prunes every day. Then the body will have enough vitamins and calories for active image life.

On fasting days, you must strictly observe the regime and get enough sleep. In the morning, be sure to take a contrast shower with a scrub. To do this, it is enough to apply a little scrub on the surface of a hard washcloth and rub it thoroughly all over the body.